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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.

2. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?
(a) To build tension in the story.
(b) To preface the story.
(c) To show off her poetic side.
(d) To foreshadow the death of Marguerite.

3. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?
(a) She is kicked by one of the children in their sleep.
(b) She is hit with debris while helping to save the livestock during a storm.
(c) She falls below deck during the storm.
(d) She is punished by Joel Sargent for insolence.

4. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?
(a) Isadora D.
(b) Isabella B.
(c) TransStar.
(d) TransAtlantic.

5. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?
(a) Arles.
(b) Calais.
(c) Le Havre.
(d) Bordeaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?

2. What is a skiff?

3. What is a bound-out girl?

4. What is the name of the place where Marguerite and her grandmother end up after they run out of money?

5. Who is Champlain?

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